Ghetto Radio: Giving a voice to the youth and keeping it real
By Philip Mwaniki - The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya)
Everybody wants to target the youth but no one does it quite like Ghetto Radio. Their target audience is the youth all right, but those on the lower end of the economic spectrum.
To them, this is not a public relations scheme, they stay true to the ghettos and you can tell from the people who sell the shows – the presenters.
Listen to any show and you will instantly feel the difference. There are no fancy foreign or borrowed accents here; street slang reigns supreme. And if you want to know how old you are, listen for just 10 minutes.
Ghetto Radio is “street” to the core. Its presenters are youth who grew up in areas such as Mathare, Ziwani, Kibera, Majengo and Dandora. CONTINUE READING
Saturday, 17th April, 2010
Africa Reboots: Bono on the new generation of African activists
BONO - New York Times
I SPENT March with a delegation of activists, entrepreneurs and policy wonks roaming western, southern and eastern Africa trying very hard to listen — always hard for a big-mouthed Irishman. With duct tape over my gob, I was able to pick up some interesting melody lines everywhere from palace to pavement ... CONTINUE READING
Wednesday, 16th April, 2008
BBC Network Africa reports on our flagship Ghetto Radio station in Nairobi, and on our ambitions.
Ghetto Radio is not the first of its kind, but it is the most credible and most far-reaching to date.
What is Ghetto Radio? - An interview on Mambapoint TV
Tuesday, 29th January, 2008
NRC on Ghetto Radio - Hip-hop in opposition to tribal differences
An NRC (Dutch newspaper) article about the Ghetto Radio station in Nairobi, with particular reference to the recent political turmoil.
Friday, 11th January, 2008
Ghetto Radio Director interviewed on Radio 1
For those who missed Ghetto Radio's Director, Maarten Brouwer, discussing the current situation in Kenya, as well as the role Ghetto Radio is set up to play in the ghettos, here it is.
The interview, in Dutch, was broadcast on Radio 1's LLinke Soep on Friday, the 11th of January.
Monday, 7th January, 2008
Mwafrika on-the-air on FunX
For those who may have missed the live broadcast when it went out last Friday, here's Mwafrika being interviewed by Claire-Marie on FunX about the situation in Kenya.
Mwafrika is the Programme Director of Ghetto Radio, Nairobi.